This year, KCSC is celebrating its 60th anniversary of supporting the local voluntary and community sector in Kensington and Chelsea.
We are planning to celebrate this during the year and we also want to use this opportunity to highlight some of the great work that local organisations are doing in the borough.
In recognition of our work to support the local sector KCSC has just been re-awarded the NAVCA Quality Award.
The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) is a national umbrella body for local infrastructure organisations and achieving this award means we have met their rigorous standards for quality of service offered.
At KCSC, we have always been monitoring our impact, but we thought we could be better at sharing it with you. We have now created a webpage with links to our new impact report as well as a series of case studies.
We will be publishing an impact report every quarter - to show how the work that we do, and that of all the many organisations we work with, impacts the local area.
This year, KCSC is celebrating its 60th anniversary of supporting the local voluntary and community sector in Kensington and Chelsea.
We are planning to celebrate this during the year and we also want to use this opportunity to highlight some of the great work that local organisations are doing in the borough.
The Westway Trust (WT) are now seeking expressions of interest from people who live or work in North Kensington to join a steering group that will co-design the next phase of developing this grant making programme. This is a voluntary role.
The steering group will co-design how the fund would work in practice, the application process and how decisions will be made. WT estimates that they will hold several steering group meetings over the next few months, so there is a time commitment involved.
Join ACAVA for their first 'Open Shed' at Maxilla Men's Shed on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 August 2019, 4 - 8pm. Everyone is welcome to come and meet the team, stay for a cup of tea or try out the workshop. ACAVA are keen to hear about the sorts of projects you would like to undertake and skills you'd like to learn.
This year Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation by Lady Anstice Goodman in 1969. They will be marking this achievement at a reception to be held at The V&A on Exhibition Road on October 29th, 2019, at which they will recognise 50 amazing volunteers.
RBKC is hosting an event that will offer voluntary and community organisations in our borough an opportunity to demonstrate the value you bring and difference you make to the borough. It will provide you with a chance to show your work and to help improve the knowledge and awareness among Councillors, Council Officers and other public service staff of the range of services the voluntary sector provides to our residents.
Westway Trust (WT) is looking for a new Chair for its Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is inviting applications for the role of Chair.
A full brief for the position can be downloaded here.
Applications should be by letter to the Acting Chair of Westway Trust, Angela Spence, outlining intent and summarising relevant experience.
Transparency is an important topic in the third sector. The public wants charities to be more transparent so that they have a greater understanding of where charities' money goes and what impact it has. To find out more on this topic you can read 'What Charity's' blog post here.